Category Archives: learning

New Skills All L&D Pros Should Have

I just read Shannon Tipton’s post on “10 Ways to Take Your Corporate University Out of Snoozeville ” and  she dropped this list 10 things every L&D person should know how to do in at the end. While these might not be the first ten things you should know I totally agree that these typesContinueContinue reading “New Skills All L&D Pros Should Have”

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Digital Content: It’s Child’s Play!

Not surprisingly, my kids (7 and 5)  have taken an interest in creating digital content. It is really a natural extension of what they’ve seen at school and home on the computer, iPads, etc so I’m not surprised. It is cool to see them get excited about things they create. From using PowerPoint like aContinueContinue reading “Digital Content: It’s Child’s Play!”

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BlogBooker Converts Your Blog Into a PDF Book

Blogbooker is a handy online tool that enables you to generate a PDF document from all your blog’s entries and comments. It works for any blog running on WordPress, LiveJournal (and derivatives) or Blogger.  The process is pretty simple and only takes about 3-4 minutes, depending on the size of your blog. Use your blog’sContinueContinue reading “BlogBooker Converts Your Blog Into a PDF Book”

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Google Reader…it’s been nice knowing you

Google has just answered one of the questions I’ve been wondering about for awhile now. The closing of Google Reader due to declining use seems to be a clear indication that most people aren’t using RSS as part of their personal knowledge management (PKM) system (or maybe they don’t have one at all?) RSS hasContinueContinue reading “Google Reader…it’s been nice knowing you”

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You’re already in a community (You just didn’t know it)

“I AM already part of a community…I just may not have been aware of it due to my regular focus on ‘getting my stuff done’”. This sentence in Jeff Hora’s post, jumped right off the page when I read it this morning. One of the challenges, I and many others wrestle with when trying toContinueContinue reading “You’re already in a community (You just didn’t know it)”

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Working Out Loud

I’m a big believer in the concept of narrating your work and working out loud. One of my challenges is always that bit of self-doubt in the sense of “what I’m doing isn’t anything special so who would even care or want to know”.  This along with a couple other factors results in the largeContinueContinue reading “Working Out Loud”

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Learning Resolutions

Just in case you missed it, I wanted to share this collection of ‘learning-related resolutions’ Bringing Design and Inspiration to Everyday Work by Judy Unrein Working Less to Accomplish More by David Glow The Challenges of Bridging the Gap by Clive Lewis Disrupt, Interact, and Get Mobile by Connie Malamed Design Experiences, Not Content byContinueContinue reading “Learning Resolutions”

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Learning Resolutions: Make the Investment in Yourself

Originally posted in the OpenSesame blog on January 2nd, 2013 BE CURIOUS. ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. Obviously a lot of learning comes from asking questions. But too often we don’t ask the right question. The right question is far more valuable than a great answer to the wrong question. Eric Schmidt of Google said,ContinueContinue reading “Learning Resolutions: Make the Investment in Yourself”

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